Two detectives are hired by an old countess to find out whether a villa she wants Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Samson and Delilah (1996) Nicolas Roeg, Dennis Hopper, Elizabeth Hurley, Eric Thal
Mara and her husband Manoa are both upstanding and religious Israelites living Read More »
Dear Diary AKA Caro diario (1993) Nanni Moretti, Renato Carpentieri, Giovanna Bozzolo
Nanni Moretti directs himself playing himself in this wry look at life. Read More »
Thrilling Love (1989) Maurizio Pradeaux, Tony Kendall, Sharon Kane, Michel Durand
A man, sexually maimed by his former wife, lives vicariously through her affairs. Read More »
Flashback (1969) Raffaele Andreassi, Fred Robsahm, Pilar Castel, Dada Gallotti
Heinz Prulier (Fred Robsahm) is a German soldier stationed as a sniper overlooking his own army from a tree. Read More »
Mother AKA Mat (1990) Gleb Panfilov, Inna Churikova, Viktor Rakov, Liubomiras Laucevicius
Based on Maxim Gorky’s novel about a woman torn between her loyalties to husband and son in the years of the Revolution. Read More »
The Sleazy Uncle AKA Lo zio indegno (1989) Franco Brusati, Vittorio Gassman, Giancarlo Giannini, Andréa Ferréol
This wickedly funny Italian comedy centers upon a lascivious, fun-loving old uncle who hands out blood-test Read More »
Express Train from Andalucía AKA El expreso de Andalucía (1956) Francisco Rovira Beleta, Jorge Mistral, Marisa de Leza, Mara Berni
The handsome Andrade, the undergraduate Miguel and a street vendor Read More »
The Destruction of Herculaneum AKA Anno 79: La distruzione di Ercolano (1962) Gianfranco Parolini, Susan Paget, Brad Harris, Mara Lane
In 79 AD the Roman city of Herculaneum was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius. Read More »
Rebel Gladiators AKA Ursus gladiatore ribelle (1962) Domenico Paolella, Dan Vadis, Gloria Milland, José Greci
March 17, 180 A.D.: Marcus Aurelius, one of the greatest Roman emperors and distinct philosopher Read More »
The Alcove AKA L’alcova (1985) Joe D’Amato, Lilli Carati, Annie Belle, Laura Gemser, Al Cliver
A faded aristocrat military officer returns from the Abyssinian war with a dusky slave girl as a prize Read More »
Men and Wolves AKA Uomini e lupi (1957) Giuseppe De Santis, Leopoldo Savona, Silvana Mangano, Yves Montand, Pedro Armendáriz
A draft, his wife, his son and a man who pretends to come to a miserable lobero people of Abruzzo. Read More »
Siege of Terror AKA Cerco de terror (1972) Luis Marquina, Libertad Leblanc, Tony Kendall, Carlos Piñar
At the Grand Hotel in Miami, Carla falls into the arms of her husband, the eminent Dr. Warren Read More »
Duel at the Rio Grande AKA Il segno di Zorro (1963) Mario Caiano, Sean Flynn, Folco Lulli, Gaby André
General Gutierrez, the evil governor of Mexico, terrorizes the people and demands high taxes. Read More »
Colossus and the Huns AKA Tharus figlio di Attila (1962) Roberto Bianchi Montero, Jerome Courtland, Lisa Gastoni, Mimmo Palmara
King Bohlem, brother of the late Attila, reconquers former Hun territory. Read More »